Cecilia Esterline is the Immigration Research Analyst at the Niskanen Center, where she focuses on employment-based visa policy, international student retention, and economic research. Prior to joining the Niskanen Center, Cecilia worked at the Migration Policy Institute and the Bipartisan Policy Center on similar research portfolios. She also worked in immigration legal services with Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center. Cecilia holds a Master of Science in International Migration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies: World Politics & Diplomacy and Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies from the University of Richmond.